In which of the following city is the headquarter of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) situated?

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Correct — D, Rome. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations working on food security, nutrition and agriculture, has been headquartered in Rome, Italy since 1951.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Jakarta hosts the ASEAN Secretariat, not the FAO; it has no institutional link to the UN food agency.  (b) The Hague is the seat of international justice bodies such as the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, not the FAO.  (c) Geneva hosts several other UN bodies (WHO, ILO, WTO among them), but not the FAO.

Concept: FAO is a UN specialized agency established in 1945 to lead international efforts on food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture. Its headquarters have been in Rome, Italy since 1951. Rome also hosts two sister UN food/agriculture bodies — the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) — together sometimes called the 'Rome food cluster'.

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